Fav Quotes Anyone?

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:25 pm

Spock: Congratulations on a dazzling display of logic.
Capt. Kirk: Didn't think I had it in me, did you Mr. Spock?
Spock: No sir.

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:48 am

"By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy;
if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."

- Socrates

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:49 am

"Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT UP."

- Joe Namath

Big Blue Owl · Post by **Big Blue Owl** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:37 am

"Four words - I hope he fails"

Rush Limbaugh yesterday speaking about the President and his efforts to rescue the country from recession, depression and war.

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:47 am

Big Blue Owl wrote:"Four words - I hope he fails"

Rush Limbaugh yesterday speaking about the President and his efforts to rescue the country from recession, depression and war.

It's so nice to see that windbag can't get behind our new president- hell I didn't vote for Obama and I am still hopeful he can turn this mess around.

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:58 am

Big Blue Owl wrote:"Four words - I hope he fails"

Rush Limbaugh yesterday speaking about the President and his efforts to rescue the country from recession, depression and war.

Be careful about changing the meaning of the words.

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:04 am

ElfDude wrote:
Big Blue Owl wrote:"Four words - I hope he fails"

Rush Limbaugh yesterday speaking about the President and his efforts to rescue the country from recession, depression and war.
Be careful about changing the meaning of the words.

Agreed. That's not the whole story.

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:19 am

Let's just add a little more of what was said and leave it alone. This isn't a political debate thread (yeah, I realize that despite some previous posts of mine). So, from the interview with Hannity we see this explanation:

Now if he turns out to be a Reagan, if he adds Reagan to his recipe of FDR and Lincoln -- and if he does cut some taxes -- if he does not eliminate the Bush tax cuts, I would call that success. So yes, I would hope he would succeed if he acts like Reagan. But if he's going to do FDR -- if he's going to do The New New Deal all over, which we will call here The Raw Deal -- why would I want him to succeed?

Look, he's my president. The fact that he is historic is irrelevant to me now. It matters not at all. If he is going to implement a far-left agenda... Look, I think it's already decided: a $2 trillion in stimulus? The growth of government? I think the intent here is to create as many dependant Americans as possible looking to government for their hope and salvation. If he gets nationalized health care, I mean, it's over, Sean. We're never going to roll that back. That's the end of America as we have known it, because that's then going to set the stage for everything being government owned, operated, or provided. Why would I want that to succeed? I don't believe in that. I know that's not how this country is going to be great in the future; it's not what made this country great. So I shamelessly say, "No! I want him to fail." If his agenda is a far-left collectivism -- some people say socialism -- as a conservative heartfelt, deeply, why would I want socialism to succeed?

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:23 am

Is there anyone on this ship, who even remotely, looks like Satan?" -- Kirk
"I am not aware of anyone who fits that description, Captain" -- Spock
"No, Mr. Spock, I didn't think you would be" -- Kirk

Big Blue Owl · Post by **Big Blue Owl** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:45 am

That's not what I quoted from. That was Limbaugh mopping up his statement with a fellow blaster. He was more succinct on his own program when he said, "I don't need 400 words, just 4. I hope he fails." This was right after he slanderously said, "Obama wants the absorption of as much of the private sector by the U.S. government as possible. I don't want that."

Nobody wants that, you hockey puck! Prove that this is what Obama wants! Quit skimming that flat stone across the water and dive in to get some facts before spewing your spoiled sugar-puffs all over the airwaves, causing the other stone-skippers, so injured by what they see as a crippling defeat, to amplify your opinions across the crap-o-sphere. If you have a better idea, the man will accept it as a solution. Otherwise join Malkin, O'Reilly, Hannity and the others in a Soilent Green-like stew of broadcasting prevaricators, creating problems because they don't actually exist as of yet and their schtick has less real meaning than it used to.

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:56 am

Big Blue Owl wrote:That's not what I quoted from. That was Limbaugh mopping up his statement with a fellow blaster. He was more succinct on his own program when he said, "I don't need 400 words, just 4. I hope he fails." This was right after he slanderously said, "Obama wants the absorption of as much of the private sector by the U.S. government as possible. I don't want that."

Nobody wants that, you hockey puck! Prove that this is what Obama wants! Quit skimming that flat stone across the water and dive in to get some facts before spewing your spoiled sugar-puffs all over the airwaves, causing the other stone-skippers, so injured by what they see as a crippling defeat, to amplify your opinions across the crap-o-sphere. If you have a better idea, the man will accept it as a solution. Otherwise join Malkin, O'Reilly, Hannity and the others in a Soilent Green-like stew of broadcasting prevaricators, creating problems because they don't actually exist as of yet and their schtick has less real meaning than it used to.

SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!!!!

(I kid folks, BBO does make good points)

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:58 am

Big Blue Owl wrote:That's not what I quoted from. That was Limbaugh mopping up his statement with a fellow blaster. He was more succinct on his own program when he said, "I don't need 400 words, just 4. I hope he fails."

I'm assuming that you're getting your quotes from mediamatters.org or someplace like that. I don't have access to the archives far enough back to get the entire quote from the monologue where he first said it. But I was listening at the time, and the meaning was quite clear... and it was identical to the explanation given in the Hannity interview. I wouldn't describe it as "mopping up". Just reiterating.

Big Blue Owl · Post by **Big Blue Owl** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:08 pm

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politi ... mbaugh.cnn

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:09 pm

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country."

--Teddy Roosevelt

Republicans loved this quote in the 90's and Democrats have loved it since 2001. I expect Republicans will soon re-embrace it.

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:09 pm

"You could put on monkeys jumping up and down and get bigger numbers
than MSNBC."

- Bill O'Reilly